sheep with bloat

1948jr · Jun 20, 2018

what to do with sheep with bloat

tomturkey · Jun 20, 2018

Call the Vet, you need expert direction, a sick sheep is usually a dead sheep unless you get the help you need pronto. jmho gobble

Brendon-KS · Jun 20, 2018

If sheep are anything like goats they can go from the bloat causing discomfort to causing death in a matter of hours. Seen it happen in our herd. Call the vet ASAP!

gmccool · Jun 20, 2018

Call the Vet. There is no such thing as a sick sheep. They are alive or they are dead.

LAA · Jun 20, 2018

Drench them with generic mylanta or whatever anti gas stuff is available.

farmerwithmutt · Jun 20, 2018

A vet told me this for cattle it might be hardware simply put it hurts to cough . oddly enough with a chronic bloater a magnet will solve the problem.Look also at what there eating some plants are more prone to bloating then others. Get a vets advice but if its bloated mow get it treated right away.

Mule Meat · Jun 21, 2018

Vet told me once to use baking soda. They also have anti gas meds that can help.. When he started talking running a hose down their throat into the stomach to relieve gas I told him to come out and do it..

He also told me that sheep eating to much Clover or Alfalfa is the #1 cause of bloat. Especially during the Spring when they were first turned out to pasture.

Traditional Farmer · Jun 21, 2018

Boers?

farmerwithmutt · Jun 21, 2018

Your right about alfalfa and clover you can
feed it but it's awful tricky.First never
turn them out hungry feed dry hay and let
them fill up on that if they go out hungry
they will eat to much. A mixed stand with
grass is the best and let it get higher than
the clover before grazing.
It can be done with experience .

Brendon-KS · Jun 21, 2018

Yup. Not purebreds or anything fancy, though. And by "herd" I don't mean a bunch of them - we have just a handful of does and one buck. Enough to give the kids some responsibilities and ownership with the chores, though.

Traditional Farmer · Jun 21, 2018

When I had Boers they constantly were having problems of some sort,switched to kikos they're just the opposite almost no health issues.

Traditional Farmer · Jun 21, 2018

Also never turn any ruminant on a Legume when its wet mid afternoon on a dry day is best.

Determined · Jun 21, 2018

May sound odd but get out there and chase them around.
If you can get them running it helps release the gas.

Bret4207 · Jun 21, 2018

Get some bi-carb in them ASAP. Generic Pepto Bismol works fine or drench with baking soda and water mix. Keep them off their sides and get them up and moving.

Stroby · Jun 21, 2018

...no malice or forethought intended, but....I had sheep for years and I believe they are born looking for a place to die! I'd say, "start digging a hole."

showcrop · Jun 22, 2018

SUPER EASY!!! My daughter was doing it when she was twelve. You just need need the correct tube. You put the end in its mouth, and it will immediately start to swallow it down. When the end gets in the stomach the gas comes out the tube.

Dusty MI · Jun 22, 2018

Dairy cows will bloat also.
It's been along time but if I remember right my dad used to what he called drench a cow.
He would take warm milk and mix it 50-50 with kerosene, put in a long neck bottle, like a large Vernor's bottle, and tip the cow's head up in the air and shove the bottle in her mouth as far as it would go and let it drain.

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